39 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 7BB (nearest tube station is Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line – 6 stops from your hotel)

21:00  Transfer back to the hotel by Metro

9:00    Presentation of the hybrid buses and first results on experiment, presentation of the hydrogen bus by Mike Weston

11:00  Technical visit of the hybrid buses/hydrogen bus

13:30  Lunch in Ashfield House

14:30  Bus tour through London and transfer to St Pancras train station.

16:57  Eurostar to Lille         

19:24  Arrival in Lille and short walk to the hotel

9:30    Presentation of the project in Lille Flandres Station, general presentation of LMCU and technical presentation of gaz/biogaz project

11:00  Visit line LIANE 1 and buses running with biogas produced from domestic waste.

13:00  Lunch in Sequedin lunch dans salle de réunion

14:30  Guided visit of the waste fermentation station

16:30  Transfer back to the hotel

18:30  City Tour in Lille’s historical center and free time

9:32    Arrival in Paris and transfer by Metro to La Maison de la RATP

10:00  Presentation of the project (in “la Maison de la RATP”)

10:00  Visit Créalis BHNS vehicle

12:30  Transfer to the « Salon de la Mobilité » (Mobility exhibition)

13:00  Lunch in Salon de la Mobilité, at the kind invitation of Irisbus

16:00  Transfer to the hotel

18:30  Visit of Montmartro bus (electric minibus)

Meeting with CERTU to discuss BHNS developments on the French network.

1. Theme bus and trolleybus : ride on line C3 / visit of the transport unit for bus and trolleybus: maintenance and operations (PC Bus, AVMS). Guided visit by Keolis jointly with Irisbus

2. Theme tramway : ride on T2 tramline / visit of the transport unit for tramways : operation,  maintenance and PC Tramway. Guided visit by Keolis.

3. Theme : major civil works: construction of the metroline tube by a tunneling machine / visit of the site with work under construction.

4.Theme energy : Visit of the French Petroleum Institute by IFP.

5. Theme automatic metro and intermodality: ride on line D / visit of the PC metro / visit of the thioley maintenance workshop (transfert en service spécial), Vélo’V and intermodal hub. Guided visit by Keolis Lyon.

6. Visit of the Iveco Irisbus manufacturing plant based in Annonay*. Guided visit by Irisbus.